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God’s law, the Law (2)       [Romans 7:24-25]                       Romans 7 is one of the most difficult chapters.  The reason is because there is a lot of controversy over whether Romans 7 is the story of the Apostle Paul before he believed in Jesus or after he accepted Jesus.  Personally, I believe Romans 7 is the story of Paul after he believed in Jesus.  So, was Paul in Romans 7 a new believer or a man of growing faith?  Look at 1 Corinthians 3:3 – “for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men?”  Here, the Apostle Paul wrote these words to the “fleshly” among them while writing a letter to the Corinthian church members, and the “fleshly” here refer to new believers in the Corinthian church.   The Apostle Paul in Romans 7 wrote the letter to Rom...

  God’s law, the Law (1)     [Romans 7:21-23]                         Look at Romans 7:21-23: “So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.    For in my inner being I delight in God's law; but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members.”    Here, the conjunction “So” (v. 21) is connected to verse 21b, “… it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.”    And here, “sin living in me” (v. 20) refers to the power of sin, that is, the power of Satan.    It is a mistake to think that the power of Satan is within us.    There can be no satanic power within us.    The reason is that there is only one God in us.         ...